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TY  - THES
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ID  - bbbc469
T1  - "From the Aethiopica to the Renaissance: Recovering a Stage Tradition of Positive Representation of Africans in Early Modern England"
AU  - Sinclair, Margaret
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2026
KW  - Othello
KW  - Desdemona
KW  - nobility
KW  - chastity
LA  - English
AB  - Arguing that Othello's connection with Heliodorus's Aethiopica "provides us with a more layered and historicized interpretation of" Othello and Desdemona: the former's "nobility and heroic status become more sharply defined, giving us a fuller understanding of the emphasis he places on chastity--both for himself and for Desdemona; the latter is "a courageous, resourceful, witty, and pure heroine . . .--one who lives by the dictates of her conscience [rather] than by the constraints of societal norms."
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